Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 7, 1881, Page 2

34 ~ » RANGER‘S; RAMBLINGS. He Compares Hastings, Grand Island and Kearney. Bach City Full of Enterprise and Pluck, Hastings' Handsome Buildings, Fine Advantages and Sure ronnding Country. U, Py branch that runs from St. Paul to St. J depot The principal thor became a question whether the metro- Arriving in Hastings via the that was quite new to him. to the faves, and then it bus soon brought him politan— cut-stono — pressed brick— iron and plate-glass structures were really a part of Hastings, or had I overcome by sight-secing in re these things been Grand TIsland and wi the effemeral shadows of a disordered brain, They refused to fade and a three days stay in Hastings convinced me that although Tcould in new Has- tings find scarely a trace of the town, T once knew so well, yet the people that made the infant burg were the same ones who were now developing it into the full glory of being the best city west of Lincoln, and even that capital city will show few if any store buildings that will compare with Far- rel's all cut stone block., There is more building being done here than in Kearney and mor rand Island, if the U. shops are left out of consideration and readers who have followed Ranger know that this means a most extraordinary progress, FIBE, Fires have several times nearly wip- ed out Hastings, but like the Phomix her features are more beautiful after each firey bath. Brick blocks by the score are now under contract, and the great hole made in Hastings by the fire of a few weeks ago serves only to make clean building sites for cle- gant and substantial blocks th, have little of the tinder box charae- ter about them, 1t is useless to deny that tho fires have caused serious loss to many of Hastings’ people, and yot as a town it will be the gainer by them, WHICH TOWN, A close race for suprem: between IKearney, Grand and Hastings; they are noar- ly equal distant and nearly of the same size. All three have both the U, P. and B. M farming country tribu Grand Tsland and Hastings have the trains, both ways stopping for meals, and all threo are county-seat towns, MANUFACTURES, A large steam flouring mill is the latest manufacturing euterprise cap- tured by Hastings. It is ' being erccted near the B. & M. passenger depot. Hastings has the only manu- factory of harvesting machinery in this state, and it is something of which the people here are justly proud. When four years ago I described the factory which was at that time Jjust getting ready for busmess, I was somewhat skeptical about an institu- tion of this kind being needed just yet, or rather, while it was needed, I feared it was in advance of the coun- try, and that the farmers could scarcely afford to make it profitable to these enterprising pioneers of agricul- tnral implement manfacturing in Nebraska; but the sequal has justified the heavy investment made, and a satisfactory percentage has been real- ized on the capital expended, and bet- ter yet, a reputation and a demand has been established which is worth thousands of dollars. For this west- orn country nothing can compete with the header. The one manufac- tured by this house, M. K. Lewis, Sons & Co., has a cut of ten feet, and with four horses from twenty-five to forty acres of grain are harvested ina day. The improvements made dur- ing the last year in the header are very remarkable, and make it now about as near the porfection of har- vesting machineryas can bo obtained. There is only one gear in the whole machine, The motion is obtained by a detachable chain-drive, running over adjustable sprockets, The two aprons generally used on headers are with this machine reduced to one con- tinuous chain canvas that passes over sprocket wheels, thus preventing slipping. The following extract from a Kan- sas dealor's lotter is worth reading: “You have to-day the best header made. T have never handled a ma- chine of any kind that gave better satisfaction than the Lowis header.” The genior member of the firm will be at the state fair in Omala, and will also have his header at the Cali- fornia and Kansas state fairs, 80 that Nebraska manufactures are going into other states than ours, even to the Pacific. T ask no apology of Bee readers for this excended notice of Nobraska's fivst and only harvesting machine factory, TUE CROPS, Wheat yield will average seven bushels to the acre, and if the price was low this would indeed bo a bad year for farmers, but with this staple ranging at or near the dollar a bushel marts, there will be a very fair mar- gin left for the wheat rawser, Corn 18 badly scorched in some localities, and the drouth has done it 1o good, But thirty bushels to the acre is about the average, and after all that is not so bad when the high rates that are going is consid- ered, corn here being worth about 43 cents per bushel, with an upward ency. THE STOUK INTERESTS #re not so extensive here as in the re- S:a‘m north and south, and this is whack for which there is a ve; , your correspondent stopped at a | Ty | druggists, Isu & THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WED doubtful, if it ever will be as profita ble as raising it extensively for home consumption by the fattening of stock. We have the great natural pasture lands ot the world, and it is a mis taken idea to try and make thisa wheat raising country, although we should grow enough for home con sumption, We eannot compete with sota and Dakota on wheat any n they with us in the cattlt nirge every foot of land snould be cultivated, Tame grasses should {ake the place of wild. ~ Corn shoula be the universal fattener and no ani mal should be left exposed to the win ter's blizzards with nothing to sustain life but the snow-buried and scanty supplies that the wild lands afford. It w been proved that kind and liberal care of stock increases the income of the heaviest catte king, and hay and corn is in demand by nearly all of them when obtainable at reasonable igures The percentago of loss last tor by cattle men was often much kan has ever Leen published cattle king told me that out of one herd of a thousand head he had lost over seven hundred, and when 1 asked him why it was that such things did not get into the papers he replied, “Oh, when we are losing wo want to keep our credit good. When we are making money we don’t need credit and in_order to discourage men from invesating and thus overcrowding the ranges, we give rather unfavorable reports, but it is when the cattle men are hard up and need credit] that the papers tell about the profits of stock raising on the plains, ~ When they are doing_ well there is no “blowing done.” There are two sides to the cattle-king picture, and without hay, corn or shelter, the dark side i3 often 80 conspicuous that it takes years ot favorable sea- sons to make good the losses sus- tained. But cattle raising on culti- farms, with artificial groves to break the fury of the blizzards, is a business that never has, and proba- bly never will, fail to be profitable. ODDS AND ENDS, L. P. Hawley, the grocer, is crect- ing a two-story brick, 22x100, Raymaker & Blake, the packers, aro preparing to cure o hundred per cont more meat than last year. John Sanders, formerly of the Sanders house, Friendville, is now running th ing house at Hastings. When he sold out the livery business, which he conducted in connection with his hotel he kept a team of fly- ers, but here in Hastings the regular- ity of train arrivals and the pressure of business kept Jolin from having any comfort with them, hence his trotters, time 2:36, are for sale, roLr Adams county has declined to take the advice of Tk of the State Farmes the friends of the 8 the field of politics with a Farmers’ Alliance party. Well, perhaps it is necessary here, and anyway it is their own business and not ours. Tue Ber extends to the new political party the right hand of fellowship and lopes they will manage so well and o wise- ly that the people will vote their ticket at least in sufficient numbers to elect it, New parties in the political field are terribly prone to stumble over the block \\'hi\:fn their more ex- perienced foes placg in their path; so, while fearing defeat and disaster, wo council energetic warfare, conserva- tive measurcs and yet ne dickering with “‘enemies in arms.” Let every man that has a claim to be considered as an anti-monopolist, stand by the * alliance until the end, and may; the end be as glorious and good as the platform on which they stand, THE CENTRAL NEBRASKA FAIR will be held at Hastiags from Sept. 10th to the 23rd. This fair has been billled all over the state in far better shape than our State fair. It 18 o pity that every fair in the west must get out a better poster than our own. The great man of this fair is A. D. Yocum, Supt.; L. A. Kent is Pros.; L. B, Palmer, Sec., and . |C. ance and all unty, and enter Ingalls, Treas.; Natham Camp- bell, of Kearney, Nebraska, is Supt. of the speed ring, and & stunning exhibition in that line is confidently calculated on, and to bring it about, $2,600 in soven purses are hung up for the quick stepers to take in, The very fair crops produced in central Nebraska and the interest taken in the matter by the farmers sure the success of the agricultural exhibition. The ladies are also, it is said, making unusual efforts to insure success, and when they take hold of anything the men are” bound to be around just to seo what they are do- ing. THE SLOCUMB LAW is duly enforced in Hastings, but Kolly & Hahn, tho billiard hall mon, have found a way to dodge tho obnox. ious soreen clauso, Instead of letting their windows hecome fly-specked they put up, about three feet from the door,an elegant partition with a nobby little oflice in front of it. No door is required through the partition, an arched entrance on the side farthest from the bar answering overy pur- }nmq‘ This partition is not original, or it has long been in use in metro. politan cities and cannot very well be abolished by legal enactment, RaANGER, TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE, Millions of rats, mice, cats, bed- bugs, roaches, lose their lives by col- lision with “Rough on Rats," 8 by druggists, 1o A (43'“ GREATEST REMEDY KNOWN, Dr. King's Now Discovery for Con- sumption is certainly the greatest medical remedy ever placed within the reach of suflering humanity, ‘I'hou- sands of onee helploss sufforers, now qull‘lly‘})mclm_m their praise for this wonderful discovery to which the owe their lives, Not only does it posi- tively cure Consumption, but Cou, hs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, ay Fover, Hoarseness and all aflections of the Throat, Ohest and Lungs yields at um??,t)o its w.uudu‘r‘sul curative pow- er as il magic. © do not ask you to buy a lvugo bottle unless you kn{ow what you ase getting,. We' therefore carnestly request you to call on your oMAsoN, and get & simple remed; ly, the i h tbnpalzl um‘y.’ :,:m & he importa counties. Raising uuuum‘"u is doubtful, very sale by Ish & McMahon, trinl bottle free of cost which will con- surrounding ;annuo the most skeptical of its wonder- fi Wy R ul merits, and show you what a regu- lar one dollar size boitle will do, For 4) THE JETTIES. A Brief Review of the History of Their Construction, The Gradual Deepening of South Pass, Ttis not to be t that some few papers still carp at the jet ties, notwithstanding their immense benefit to the Missippi valley—a ben- efit which has been roughly estimated to £125,000,000, that being the re duction of freights forced on the rail- roads by the opening of the river route. Jt will be remembered that when this mode of opening the river to the largest steam and sailing ves- sols was first proposed and discussed, our own people enter many objec tions, and there were not a few v declared that it was a gigantic scheme enginecred by the railroads to dam up the mouth” of the river and give them (the railroads) a monopoly of the valley trade, 1t was carnestly in- sisted that Southwest pass should be secured and kept open in the event of the failure of the jettie Gradually this prejudice has disappeared before a steady array of facts and figures, until now the opposition to the jetties is limited to a coterie of a score of persons and four newspapers, A HISTORY OF THE JETTIES, Somuch has been said about the jetties that it would be more than superfluous to recount their history at length, Many attempts had been made to improve the mouth of the river from the very st days of the scttlement of Louisiana, In 1871, when the railroads had almost com- plete control of the trade of the West, an earnest sentiment aroused in favor of the opening cf the rivor, so as to free the Western farmers from the extortions of the trunk lines, and ndered a congress ordered n survey of the mouth 5o ns to find the bost mode of dealing with the question, In 1873 a commission of army officors was ap- pointed to consider this suryey and to suggest the best plan of opening the river. Their report in February, 1874, favored the canal scheme and opposed the jetties, holding that the cost of producing a depth of 27 feot would bo $23,000,000. In February, 1874, Mr. Eads offered to congress to’ open tho mouth of the river, making a depth of 28 feet, for 10,000,000, at the entire risk of himself and his associates, not a dollar to be pud until a depth of 20 foet was sccured. Tae controversy created by Mr. Eads' proposition be. camo quito w d personal. committee of civil engincers we patehed to inves and | and their effects, THE JETTY BILL SIGNED, investigation ies, and on dent signed the bill entoring intv a contract with Eads to deepen the mouth of the r. South pass, which had pre- asly had a depth of nine feot, was hosen, wfd work begun June, 1875. By May, 1876, when very little work had been done, it was found that 1,900,000 cubic yards of meterial had boen scoured out, and that the mini- mum depth was 16.9 feet. Fven with this showing many persons still failed to have confidence in the jetties, and stories of new bars, mud lumps, etc., were told almost every day in the local press. In November, 1877, the dredge boat Bayley was used in scouring the channel of the jetties. TWENIY-TWO FEET OBTAINED, -' A survey made December 15, 1877, showed a channel 22 feet deep and more than 200 feet wide, existing from the deeper water in South pass to the deeper water in the gulf. On this showing the first award of $500,- 000 under the contract made between Eads and the government was paid over to him, Work was continued on the jotties in 1877 and 1878, in which year it was completed, the con- crete and crib work at the sea ends being erected. DEKPENING TIE SOUTI PASS, The following tables will show the d the channel at 10,000 feet f om East COBS A g ~-:«.V~.‘if(§w o THE GREAT MAREME ronr RHEUMATISH, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Bactache, Screness of the Chast, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swall- ings and Sprains, Burns and #. Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Yooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. 1. Proparation on earth equals Sr. Jacons O1 8 a #afe, aure, simpla und cheap Exterusl Damedy. A trixl entails but the comparatively tetling outlay of 50 Cents, and every er. tug with pain can have cheop and positive troo! of its claims, ép Directions in Fleven Languages [ £OLDBY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDIOIN! E. A.VOGELER & CO., Baltimo™ To Nervous Sufterers THE QGREAT EUROPEAN REMEDY. Dr, J. B, Sim—r—xson‘s Specifle TRACFED I ICES NI I It fn & posptive cure for § rrhea, Semina We t cases rosulting asos to that lead Consumption L i i Nos, 108 and 106 Mai old in Omak J. K 1Ish, and DE VEAUX'S WASHING MAGHINE| The Only Machine that Will Do just as is Advertised. It Will Wash Faster, It Will Wash Cleaner, It Will Wash Fagier, - It Wikrequire no Rubbing, It will do _a:firge family Washing in 30 Minutes. It Will \Wash Equally welll with Hard or Soft Water= 1t docs away with wash boilers and wash boards, aud vall pay for el in (ull and the wear of cloth CALL.AND SEXE IT DAN, SULLIVAN & SONS', dim 1410 Farnham Street, Agents. NOT ICE:. BASWITG & WELLS, 1422 Douglas St., Near 15th. Worst part of ho puss, at various tiwe May, July, 187 Fo Jute, 1878 March, 1870 Jul, is7 “TILR DEFTH OF TILK CHHANNEL TO-DAY, The Domocrat publist e3 te-day a map of the ot and South puwn a1« survoy showel ther be on y a fow weeks o, This is the Iate t urvoy nindo, This shows thut the late t «pih 1 the chainel in South pass, not In the jette , 1820} fo. t, 07,00 foot atioue East polnt i d Ba on Grauce, and 20 taot at Pioarune bayou, anaa apoind $0,000 foct abovo East y At00 poiut in the' Joion proper is tho do the ehannel less th'in 30} fect, — Gently Does It. Eugeno Cross, Swan - street, Buffalo, writes: *‘l have used Spring Blossom for dyspepsia and indiges and haye found itto act admirably as a gentle aperient and blood purifier. T consider it unequaled. Y | Yard, Foot Farnham and Doug- Youare at liberty touse my name as o reference,” Price 50 cents, t cents. Cornell bollege. The Classiical, Philosophical, Sclentificand Ciy. 1t Engineering Courses compare favorably with tho best colleges in the country. Spocial advantagos are give ry aud Nornmal Departments, atory of Music. Twenty Pro in the Preparato d in the Consery- and Teachers. Museum, Laboratory an | xpenses Low. Fall term opens Sept. 15, For catalogues or other information, address Pres. WM, F. KINC ¥ 12:08wom Z Black Diamond Coal Co, W. I LOOMIS, Pices, L L. MILL HARD OR S_O_FT COAL 10 car lots or in quantities to suit purchasers, Orders Solicited. las Sts,, Omeha. sopdtl BYRON RAKD. VEWIBRNED BYRON REED & CO. (OLDSKT WSTABLISHED Real Estate Agency IN NEBRASKA§ Keep & I‘fl:lg\:ih Aabstract of title to all Real Before removing to their new OPERA HOUSE STORE Will sell their stock of BOOTS% SHOES At Greatly Reduced Prices, PROPOSALS FOR COAL* Ov¥ick OF Crry CLERK, OMalA, Aug. 18, 1841, Sealed proposals will be received by the under- sigued for two weeks from the date horeof, Thurs. day, September 134, 1881, 12 o'clock noon, for furnishing hard and soft coal for the use of the city offices andjfire department, from this date until August 15,°A. D, 1582, Sealed bids or proposals shall state the price for such coal delivered where ordered, and shall name said price without respect to any definite amount of coal o right is reserved to rejoct any and all bi said pro. posals shall be d ‘oal,” and delivered to th rsigned not later than tue thne above specified, J, J, L WETT, aul81t4psbal indw City Clerk, DISEASES ~OF THE~ EYE & EAR DR.L. B. GRADDY, Oculist and Aurist, LATE OLINICAL ASSISTANT IN ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIO HOSPITAL, Reforonces all Reputable Physicians of Omaha. &4 Office, Corner |5th and Farnham Sts,, Omaha, Neb. augbmet! Bishop Simpson addressing the students o the National 8chool of Elocution and Oratory said, *‘The law of culture is applicable to the hunan volce &4 £ the ESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 1881, Burdock’ e J. 11 yon suffer from Dyspepsia, use BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS: MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS. OoOMIAETA, - - - o ADQUARTER e FOR———— We desire to call the "special attention ot the trade to our legant lines (at BOTTOM PRICES) of Underwear, Cardigan ackets and Scarfs, Buck Gloves, Overshirts, Overalls, Hosiery, &c.,now open. Wholesale only. SHREVE, JARVIS & CO, Corner Fourteenth and Dodge Sts. 1. OBERFELDER & INMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF CO., MILLINERY & NOTIONS, 1308 and 1310 DOUGLAS STREET. NEBRASE.A. The only exclusive wholesale house in this line in the west. 1 you are afflicted with Biliousness, nse BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS I you arc prostrated with sick Headache, take BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS If your Dowels are disordered, regulate them with LBURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS. 1t your Blood is fmpuro, purify it with BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS, 1f yau have Indigestion, you will find an antidote in BURDOCK BLOOD T 8. 1t you are troubled with Spring Complaints adic them with BURDOCK BLOOD BITT It your Liveris torpid, restere it to healthy action with BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS, I your Liver is affected, you will find a sure re- BURDOCK BLOOD BITTER I you haveany species of Humor or Pimple, fail 1ot to take BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS, storative in I you have any symptoms of Ulcers or Scrofulous Sores, n curative remedy will be found in BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS tem, nothing can equal BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS. imparting strength and vitahty to the sys. , tone up the | 2 00D BI1 For Nervous and General D BURDOC system with Price, $1.00 per Bottle; Trial Bottles 10 Cts FOSTER, MILBURN, & Co., Props. EBUFFALO, N. Y. t wholesale by Ish & McMahos Established 11 Years, Assets Itepresented 882,00 [ ,00 and C. F. eod-me DON'T IT BUR My house and furniture is insured with C. T, TAYLOR & CO., Cor 14th and Donelas. DEWEY & STONE, FURNITURE! = J. B. FRENCH & CO., ORCHARD & BEAN, CARPETSIGROGCERSI ] y IN GREAT VARIETY? IN GOLD AND STERLING SILVER. WEDDING, BIRTHDAY AND GCOMPLIMENTARY PRESENTS. WHIPPLE, McMILLEN & CO., DIAMONID RINGS, f. KENNEDY'S EAST -INDIA J. B. Detwiler’s GARPET STORE. The | argest Stock and Most Com- plete Assortment in The West. We Kuep Everything in the Line of Carpets, Oil- cioths, Matting, Window-shades, Fixtures and Lace Curtains. WE HAVE GOODS TO PLEASE EVERYEODY. REMBMIZBERS TEE PX.A E. 1313 Farnham St., Omaha. o 8 o g [ > 'y ] 3 £ & £ < 3 ILER & 00, | Sole Manufacturers, OMAHA. Geo. P. Bemis and It the hand should be trained why 1ot much the volce.” The Nationa 8chool of Elocution and Oratory, established [n 1878, chartered in Estate in Omaha and Douylas county. maytf A. G. TROUP, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW 1576, affonds the most_awple facilitics for such — | cultiire. ~ Nineteen Teachers and Lecturers, speciaiists in thelr sovoral departm mer Torm, July 5. Fall term, Oct. 3. Beud for Cutalegte and P to Ath&sdw J. . BECHT) Secretar) 1416 and 1418 Chostuud &.. ‘Philadelpbla. ReaL Estate Acency, 16th and Dodge 8ts., Omaha, Neb. This agency does STRIOTLY & brokerago busine not Max Meyer & Co. ONMAEIA. Guns,Ammunition,Sporting Goods FISHING TACKLE, BASE BALLS, and a FULL LINE OF NOTIONS AND FANCY GOODS. SEND FOR IPRIOEB-LIST. SHE TSGR MAX MEYER & CO, Omaha, Ne R ——— Pas e o